The Woman in Black (tun tun tuuun)
I've been working hard on my thesis, people! You should congratulate me or something, hah. :D At this rate, I think I'll finish by the end of the month. :D Or almost finished. Either way, I'm excited.
But today I took a break, and I went to watch The Woman in Black.
Now, I'm not exactly good analysing films, to be honest. I don't pay much attention. But I'll try to write a review because I really liked it! In spite of it being clichéd and a bit slow at times. Spoilers ahead!
First of all, Dan Rad. :P I had read some comments on line about him not being very convincing on his part. He's obviously not a very good actor, to be honest, but he tries. He had difficulty with certain scenes, and I think he might not be mature enough to portray a father. It's not a matter of him being too young for the part. I think his age is perfectly acceptable, and believable even, since he's a young widower. But his performance lacks something. He has some good moments, though, so not all hope is lost for him! I'm kind of fond of him because he seems to be one of the very few Potter kids who care to do some work (along with Tom Felton, and more recently Emma Watson, but I don't like her, bitch XP), and because of some really cool things he says in interviews, hah! :D So I hope he'll have a good acting career.
Now, for the movie. I think it's clichéd, in the resources of which they make use to scare you, and in the story. It's a classic ghost story, and I like it because of that. I particularly like that it has all these cool elements like spiritualism, creepy dolls, creepy kids, ghost screams, rain, fog, a haunted and isolated house... It's kind of text book, and I enjoyed it because of that.
But there's also something. I think what I enjoyed the most about the movie was the changing POV. We see things from Arthur's POV, we see things from the woman in black's POV (which is horribly, horribly creepy... I think seeing things from the POV of the ghost is the scariest thing ever), and we see them both, as the audience. That POV is constantly changing and it's pretty cool. Especially at the end. I think the end, the very, very end, is great.
Because, you see, I think the villagers got it all wrong. The woman doesn't come to take a kid because she's been seen--she does it because she's seen someone. And in the end, when the woman turns to the camera and looks at the audience, is quite spooky! Beware! The woman has seen you, she's gonna take a kid. Brrr.
So yeah, give it a shot if you're in the mood. It might not reinvent the genre or be the most brilliant ghost story ever, but it has its good points. :3 I kind of wanna watch it again... And save it for a stormy night. :3
EDIT: I forgot to add... When they were burying the kid's body, I was like, "You idiots, that's not how it works! You need to spread salt on the corpses and burn them!!" Sheesh, it was obvious the spirits wouldn't go away with just that! Ugh. Why can't people do anything right? Dx Why do we have to call the Winchesters to deal with a simple case of haunting? Really!
But today I took a break, and I went to watch The Woman in Black.
Now, I'm not exactly good analysing films, to be honest. I don't pay much attention. But I'll try to write a review because I really liked it! In spite of it being clichéd and a bit slow at times. Spoilers ahead!
First of all, Dan Rad. :P I had read some comments on line about him not being very convincing on his part. He's obviously not a very good actor, to be honest, but he tries. He had difficulty with certain scenes, and I think he might not be mature enough to portray a father. It's not a matter of him being too young for the part. I think his age is perfectly acceptable, and believable even, since he's a young widower. But his performance lacks something. He has some good moments, though, so not all hope is lost for him! I'm kind of fond of him because he seems to be one of the very few Potter kids who care to do some work (along with Tom Felton, and more recently Emma Watson, but I don't like her, bitch XP), and because of some really cool things he says in interviews, hah! :D So I hope he'll have a good acting career.
Now, for the movie. I think it's clichéd, in the resources of which they make use to scare you, and in the story. It's a classic ghost story, and I like it because of that. I particularly like that it has all these cool elements like spiritualism, creepy dolls, creepy kids, ghost screams, rain, fog, a haunted and isolated house... It's kind of text book, and I enjoyed it because of that.
But there's also something. I think what I enjoyed the most about the movie was the changing POV. We see things from Arthur's POV, we see things from the woman in black's POV (which is horribly, horribly creepy... I think seeing things from the POV of the ghost is the scariest thing ever), and we see them both, as the audience. That POV is constantly changing and it's pretty cool. Especially at the end. I think the end, the very, very end, is great.
Because, you see, I think the villagers got it all wrong. The woman doesn't come to take a kid because she's been seen--she does it because she's seen someone. And in the end, when the woman turns to the camera and looks at the audience, is quite spooky! Beware! The woman has seen you, she's gonna take a kid. Brrr.
So yeah, give it a shot if you're in the mood. It might not reinvent the genre or be the most brilliant ghost story ever, but it has its good points. :3 I kind of wanna watch it again... And save it for a stormy night. :3
EDIT: I forgot to add... When they were burying the kid's body, I was like, "You idiots, that's not how it works! You need to spread salt on the corpses and burn them!!" Sheesh, it was obvious the spirits wouldn't go away with just that! Ugh. Why can't people do anything right? Dx Why do we have to call the Winchesters to deal with a simple case of haunting? Really!